I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 435 - 435 434. Global Livestream I Entered Abandoned Capital

Chapter 435: 434. Global Livestream: I Entered Abandoned Capital Town_1 Chapter 435: 434. Global Livestream: I Entered Abandoned Capital Town_1 “Ahem, shall we introduce ourselves?”

Lin Xiaohao sat in his chair, awkwardly initiating conversation as if afflicted by some social swagger syndrome.

It was the afternoon of December 27th.

Having stayed in the hotel for a day, Lin Xiaohao had conducted one livestream. He was originally just a small broadcaster with just over a million followers, but after announcing his participation in Lu Ban’s “Glass Flower”, his following had skyrocketed, approaching seven million.

Just by livestreaming from the hotel and discussing his experiences over the past few days for a little over an hour, Lin Xiaohao had received tens of thousands in tips.

Tonight, they would travel to the “Glass Flower” venue. Before this, they only had a vague idea that it was located at the foot of Jiangcheng Mountain, on the outskirts of Jiangcheng, with scarce historical information. Nobody knew what the place looked like now.

Next to the table, the camera had already started broadcasting.

At this moment, on all the domestic and international streaming platforms, Silent Media’s accounts were streaming live; just the viewer count on the former popular video website had reached number one, surpassing half a million viewers. Conservative estimates across several platforms suggested an audience of four to five million.

And this was only the prelude to the event.

Around the table, the remaining fourteen participants for “Glass Flower” were seated.

Most were between twenty and forty years old, with just one strong-looking middle-aged man with graying hair and a teenager who seemed to be in high school.

Everyone wore real-time translators, which instantly converted others’ speech into understandable language.

“You really don’t know my name?”

The high schooler retorted, speaking in the language of the Island Country, radiating a cocky, self-assured aura.

Lin Xiaohao felt a bit embarrassed; how could this foreigner be so conceited that it left him at a loss for words?

“…Who are you?”

At this, a skinny man with glasses seated next to Lin Xiaohao suddenly spoke up.

He was an ordinary citizen from Su Province, a freelancer mainly involved in design. Lin Xiaohao had had a brief exchange with him before but had no other impression of him except that this guy was especially argumentative and confrontational, especially online. From astronomy and geography to neighborhood gossip, he managed to offer advice on everything, passionately phrasing his text.

In other words, he was the so-called keyboard warrior, nitpicker, and ranter.

“…I am Kusanagi Manabu, a high school detective,” retorted the teenager.

“Why not focus on your studies instead of pretending to be a detective? You’ll regret it if you can’t get into college.”

It seemed the keyboard warrior wasn’t too pleased with the high school detective, who he saw as a pretentious type.

Nonetheless, thanks to the interaction between the two, everyone began to warm up to each other.

Lin Xiaohao once theorized while chatting with fellow broadcasters that among these fifteen people, there was an internal traitor.

Undoubtedly, someone had been planted by Lu Ban.

He observed the others, attempting to spot any odd behaviors.

Of course, to no avail.

After a brief round of self-introductions, operators fitted everyone with motion cameras and AR glasses.

This type of camera could capture images in real-time and transmit them over the network to the central control center, which then broadcasted them to all streaming platforms worldwide.

The AR glasses, on the other hand, provided basic information displays and reception of announcements.

On the streaming platforms, the main stage would continuously switch between the perspectives of the fifteen individuals.

Lin Xiaohao thought to himself that this was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to gain followers.

If he performed impressively during the scripted murder mystery game, revealing his charismatic personality, the focus would naturally linger on him. By then, his followers might well reach the tens of millions, potentially allowing him to leap classes and no longer be confined to just a single platform.

After they had prepared, they got into the car.

Each person was in a different car. Just after getting into the car, Lin Xiaohao saw a document next to the seat.

“This is the information about the role you will be playing. Please read it carefully before the game starts,”

the driver, who was also a staff member, said.

It was only when Lin Xiaohao saw the document that he understood why he had to wear these AR glasses.

The information was quite rich, including the character’s background, personality traits, attitudes and reactions to certain specific events, and even what they liked to eat.

No ordinary person could remember it all.

Fortunately, the AR glasses could hint at some information.

As he read the document, Lin Xiaohao felt as if his head was gradually becoming groggy, and the information from the document stuck to the recesses of his brain like a spider web, giving him a sensation that transcended reality, as if he had become that person.

To be precise, he was still Lin Xiaohao, but now he had an additional set of memories, which felt as if they had always been there, hidden in the deepest part of his brain.

The two meshed together, as if he was another version of himself in the world.

Even without the prompts from the AR glasses, Lin Xiaohao felt that he could fully play the role now.

When the car arrived at its destination, Lin Xiaohao got out, but he didn’t see anyone else.

“Each person will start from a different place in the script. Please follow the instructions on the AR glasses,”

Lin Xiaohao heard the driver say as he walked into a building ahead, and text appeared in his glasses.

[Location: Abandoned Capital]

[Identity: Stage Actor]

[You are an unknown stage actor in the Abandoned Capital. By chance, you got involved in a murder case. You are eager to make a name for yourself through this opportunity. Finding the murderer seems to be the best way to achieve this. You believe you are smart and can find the answers. You begin to explore.]

The guiding text led Lin Xiaohao forward as he walked through the building’s passageways and stood in front of a door.

At this moment, outside, millions of people were watching the live stream. The head of the live broadcast department at the old video site’s headquarters was also watching, worried about any mishaps. The load on their servers had been very high already, but thankfully, they had urgently transferred some servers over; otherwise, they might have crashed.

If they couldn’t cope with such a scale of traffic, he would have to resign on the spot!

He looked at the barrage on the screen; without any settings, these barrages would be dense enough to cover a thousand layers of the entire screen.

[With such a grand setup, Lu Ban is going to make a killing.]

[I wonder who the real murderer is, an NPC or one of the participants?]

[The website has updated some basic character information, I think there’s something off with these gangs.]

[Detective, police, stage actor, there’s even a Taoist and a minstrel, are these roles performing acrobatics?]

[I’m a bit curious, if these people go to the toilet, will it be broadcast live?]

[That high school detective, I looked him up, and he seems pretty awesome. If he isn’t the murderer, he’s probably going to figure out everyone else.]

[Stop chatting, it’s starting, it’s starting!]

As the clock struck midnight, the door in front of Lin Xiaohao opened.

The reality show “Glass Flower” officially began.

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